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# 29
Jul 19, 2022
Jubilee This Shit That's Happening?
Leviticus 24-25

Yahweh explains the Jubilee Year to the Israelites. For example, what to do with those pesky slaves and deadbeat relatives who borrowed money. It's a once in a lifetime event you won't wanna miss.

god
While involved in some heated fisticuffs, y'all best not blaspheme the name! (whatever the F that means)

Leviticus 24: 13-23: Blasphemy and Its Punishment:

One who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death; the whole congregation shall stone the blasphemer. Moses spoke thus to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

rusty
Maybe that's where the term "stoned" came from.
@ 40:10, Rusty saw The Light...

Rusty's Self-Evidence:

'cause after like you were REALLY stoned, ya know, like after like 5 or 6 rocks you'd be like, "Duuhhh".

scott
The Kobayashi Maru has set sail for The Promised Land.

The Kobyashi Maru is just code for the Starship Enterprise. The Promised Land is just code for the Genesis Planet.

@ 43:37, Scott saw The Light...

The Bible:

I was today years old when I realized that the Promised Land was the land of Canaan - PROMISED to the Israelites by Yahweh.

scott2
@ 24:42, Scott says:
I think the James Webb Telescope mirrors are coated in gold.

Wikipedia says:

JWST's primary mirror is a 6.5 m (21 ft)-diameter gold-coated beryllium reflector with a collecting area of 25.4 m2 (273 sq ft). If it were built as a single large mirror, this would have been too large for existing launch vehicles. The mirror is therefore composed of 18 hexagonal segments (a technique pioneered by Guido Horn d'Arturo), which unfolded after the telescope was launched.

scott2
@ 53:31, Scott says:
Tom Selleck steals water for his avocado plant trees or something!

L.A. Times says:

As California’s historic drought worsened, water from a public hydrant was delivered to Selleck’s sprawling Hidden Valley ranch, according to court documents filed against the veteran actor. On multiple occasions between 2013 and 2015, a white truck filled up at a Thousand Oaks hydrant and hauled water to Selleck’s 60-acre property, according to the complaint.

scott2
@ 29:25, Scott says:
Do you think he was standing at The Ellipsis saying we're gonna march to Caanaan! And I'm gonna be there with you! The Ellipsis? I didn't know it was called the Ellipsis. Whats the Ellipsis?

Wikipedia says:

Ellipsis, Ellipse...I was close enough!

The Ellipse (sometimes referred to as President's Park South) is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park. The entire park, which features monuments, is open to the public and is part of President's Park. The Ellipse is the location for many annual events.

jubilee (Dictionary.com) - Episode 29 at 46:20
noun
  1. the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee).
  2. the completion of 50 years of existence, activity, or the like, or its celebration: Our college will celebrate its jubilee next year.
  3. any season or occasion of rejoicing or festivity.
frankincense (Dictionary.com) - Episode 29 at 35:31
noun
  1. an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating preparations.
ellipsis (Dictionary.com) - Episode 29 at 29:25
noun, plural ellipses
  1. Grammar: the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
  2. Grammar: the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
  3. Printing: a mark or marks as ——, …, or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words.
ellipse (Dictionary.com) - Episode 29 at 29:25
noun Geometry
  1. a plane curve such that the sums of the distances of each point in its periphery from two fixed points, the foci, are equal. It is a conic section formed by the intersection of a right circular cone by a plane that cuts the axis and the surface of the cone. Typical equation: (x2/a2) + (y2/b2) = 1. If a = b the ellipse is a circle.
Ellipse, The (Wikipedia) - Episode 29 at 29:25
Location
  1. The Ellipse (sometimes referred to as President's Park South) is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park. The entire park, which features monuments, is open to the public and is part of President's Park. The Ellipse is the location for many annual events

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@ 30:47
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Atrocities

GibeahsCrime
Knock. Knock. Who's there? Homosexual Rape Gang. Please don't rape this strange man I have taken in. Please, take his concubine and my virgin daughter and do what you will to them. Alright, just take the concubine and rape her to death.

Judges 19:22-30: Gibeah's Crime:

...the men of the city, a perverse lot, surrounded the house..."Bring out the man who came into your house, so that we may have intercourse with him." "No, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Since this man is my guest, do not do this vile thing. Here are my virgin daughter and his concubine...Ravish them and do whatever you want to them, but against this man do not do such a vile thing." ...They wantonly raped her and abused her all through the night until the morning...

Episode 70
Jabesh-Gilead
Hey, who didn't show up for the meeting? Jabesh-Gilead, huh? Go kill every man, woman, child, and animal - except for 400 virgins. We'll give them to the remaining Benjaminites who chose Civil War over giving up rapists, and then proceeded to hide like little bitches after running from the battle.

Judges 21: The Benjaminites Saved from Extinction:

...not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there..."Go, put the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead to the sword, including the women and the little ones...they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins...when the young women of Shiloh come out to dance...come out of the vineyards and...carry off a wife...and go to the land of Benjamin

Episode 70
SamsonRiddle
Hey! Solve this riddle and I'll give you 30 party outfits. Wait?!? You got the answer from my wife?!? Watch where I get your fucking party clothes from!

Judges 14:19: Samson’s Marriage:

Then the spirit of the Lord rushed on him, and he went down to Ashkelon. He killed thirty men of the town, took their spoil, and gave the festal garments to those who had explained the riddle.

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Rusty hates...Drinking Alcohol

I hate drinking, by the way. I gotta tell you...

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Drunks

Rusty hates...Drunks

People on alcohol are pieces of shit. I hate drunks.

Episode 39 @ 21:29
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Revelations

preNatalCare
The Bible gives out the first pre-natal care advice!
In Episode 68 @ 36:14, We saw The Light...

Judges: 13 3-5:

And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, "Although you are barren, having borne no children, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink or to eat anything unclean, for you shall conceive and bear a son.

footOnNeck
I work with a guy who is always saying he's gonna put his foot on the neck of someone. Where does he get such dumb ideas?
In Episode 60 @ 38:02, Scott saw The Light...

Joshua 10:24:

When they brought the kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the Israelites and said to the chiefs of the warriors who had gone with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings.” Then they came near and put their feet on their necks

mantle
"Dismantle" came from The Bible! Ya see, Achan swiped a mantle - he DISmantled a house!
In Episode 59 @ 38:42, Scott saw The Light...

Joshua 7:1-26 & Dictionary.com:

Dictionary.com says dismantle means: To strip of furnishings or equipment. Since the mantle "stolen" by Achan is the first reference to stripped furnishings, it only stands to reason that "dismantle" would be chosen as the word to mean such a thing.

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Tay-Sachs
In Episode 69 @ 12:30, A Patreon Supporter says:
Tay-Sachs is a degenerative, neurological disease common in certain Jewish populations...if you only inherit one Tay-Sachs mutation, you do not get the disease, but you do get some immunity to tuberculosis...

Wikipedia says:

...Approximately 1 in 3,600 Ashkenazi Jews at birth are affected... ...Carriers of a single Tay–Sachs allele are typically normal. It has been hypothesized that being a carrier may confer protection from tuberculosis, explaining the persistence of the allele in certain populations...

BonnevilleSaltFlats
In Episode 69 @ 1:07:23, Scott says:
I don't think we own the (Bonneville) Salt Flats anymore. I think Spain actually owns the Salt Flats.

Wikipedia says:

The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, United States. ... It is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the Bonneville Speedway. Access to the Flats is open to the public.

JamesWebb
In Episode 68 @ 1:02:10, Scott says:
The James Webb telescope only images infrared light.

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Although Webb images are infrared, they can be translated by computer into a visible picture. Additionally Webb can see orange and red visible light.

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Vocabulary

teraphim (Dictionary.com) - Episode 69 at 1:00:54
noun
  1. idols or images reverenced by the ancient Hebrews and kindred peoples, apparently as household gods
festal (Dictionary.com) - Episode 68
adjective
  1. pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion
gander (Dictionary.com) - Episode 67 at 45:11
noun
  1. the male of the goose.
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